Resilient tire and wheel



43h27, 1923. J WELTMEH nEsILlENT rms AND WHEEL.

\. FILED .IN- 24 |922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

roselvh Ifelmer Mar. 27, 1923.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- nvenfoz Joseph Weli'mer 1,449,471. J. WELTMERl RESLIENT TIRE AND WHEEL. FILED MN. 24.1922.

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Patented Mar. 27, 192B.

.iosnrH wnr'riann, or cnovnn HILL, oHIo.

RESILIENT TRE AND WHEEL.

, Application led January 2li, 1922. Serial No. 531,441. i i

"State of Ohio, have invented certain 'new and useful improvements in Resilient rlires and `Wheels, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in resilient tires and wheels.

The primary object of my invention is to provide aconstruction which is not liable to punctures and blow-outs with its attendant annoyance, inconvenience and cost. n. further object of my invention is to provide a tire designed to take the place of the ordinary pneumatic tire now commonly in use and which will afford the saine resiliency and comfort in riding. A. still further 0bject of my invention is to provide a tire and wheel which is simple and economical in construction, and highly efficient in operation.

With the foregoing and other objects in view that will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts illustrated in the drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

ln the accompanying drawings, which are for illustrative purposes only and are therefore not drawn to scale Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, villustrating the application of my invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view.

Figure 8 is a vertical transverse section, taken on line 8-3 of Figure 1, with the parts represented on an enlarged scale.

Figure 4C is a'plan view of one of thc metal bearing plates used in association with the tire sections, and Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the rim fastening bolts. p

Referring tothe drawings for a more particular description of my invention, and in which drawings like parts are designa ed by like reference characters throughout the several views, A designates the hub, B the spokes, C the wooden felloe, D the steel rim and E my improved tire. As shown, the tire is formed of a series of contiguous sections 1, of wood, composition, or other suitti'ally entirely around the wheel and are provided, eacli, with a plurality of rectangular tread'blocks 2,v preferably of rubber, which `are arranged in corresponding openings a in the tire sections, with their outer ends 3 projecting somewhat beyond theouter faces,

as a, of the latter, as shown more particularly in Figures 1 and 3,k and their inner ends,`as-5, resting on metalbearing plates G on which the tire sections are mounted. Fastening bolts 7 extend through the felloe and rino and are provided at their outer ends with cup-shaped bearing heads 8 and at their inner threaded ends 9 with fastening nuts 1l) which screw thereon against the inner periphery of the felloe C. Coil springs 11 are arranged with their inner ends 12 seating' in the cup-shaped bearing heads S of the bolts T and their outer ends 13 -seating in hearing cups 14 disposed against the inner fac-es of the bearingplates 6. As shown `more particularly in Figure 3, the outer ends of the coil springs 11 are fastened to the bearing cups 14 and the latter in turn to the hearing plates 6 by fastening screws 15 and nuts 16 screwing on the latter against the outer ends of the springs. rEhe tread sections 1 are secured to the plates 6 by means of screws 6 best shown in Figure 4 of the drawing. V

In assembling the parts the following inode may be perceived.

rlhe `blocks 2 are inserted in the openings of the section 1 and the plate 6 with the hearn ing 14 attached thereto is secured to the section 1 by means of the screws G. The inner end of the spring 11 is secured to the bearing head 8 by inea-ns' of a drop of solder or any other securing means and the outer end of the spring` 11 is swim-jid to the screw 15. rThe bolt 7 is then ed through the felly and the nut 10 is applied to the said bolt. To remove or detach the part the operation as above described is reversed.

The .tire E is o; somewhat greater circumference than the felloe and rim, leaving an annular space 16 therebetween to accommodate the Icoil springs. The riin D is provided at Opposite edges with a pair of laterally spaced guide flanges 17 which work against the outer edges of the tire sections 1 and prevent lateral displacement of the latter when the wheel is in use.

ln practice, the outervprojecting ends 3 ,dialin able material, which entend,circumferen-l so, y

of the rubber tread blocks 2 bear on the road or other surtace'over which the Vehicle is traveling andto'gether with the coil springs 11, pro-Vide the required resiliency or elasticity to absorb Vibrations or shocks'due to claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with a wheel rim which is approximately U-shaped in transverse section, avl oushioninglevie comprising a section having openings, blocks passing through the openingszind` projecting beyond the outer surface of the section, a plate secured to the section, a cup` member secured to the plate, a spring` connected at one end with the cup member at the center thereoi, a bearing member connected with the other end of the spring and having a bolt which passes through the intermediate portion of the rim whereby the springis housed.l within the rim and the section is received Within the side portions ofthe rim.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOSEPH ELT-MER. 

